Gaze upon Dell’s leaked Qualcomm X Elite-powered laptops

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Devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series processors aren’t supposed to launch until the summer, but here we have a first look — and they look like laptops.

By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge.

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dell laptops floating back to back and opened showing slimness, green wallpaper screen with balloons, there's a copilot key on the bottom keyboard row

That’s a skinny XPS.
Image: Windows Report

Want a look at Dell’s new notebook lineup that’s apparently powered by Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X Elite processors? Courtesy of Windows Report, these leaked images come ahead of Microsoft’s May 20th event where new Surfaces (and other laptops) are expected to sport the same chips.

They unsurprisingly look like laptops — albeit with overall slimmer profiles.

The most interesting model is Dell’s new XPS 13 9345, which seems to be a sleeker rebirth of the XPS 13 Plus from 2022. It’s got the same touchy touch-bar on the top row and comes with only two USB-C ports for I/O.

Dell XPS 9345

Dell XPS 9345
Dell XPS 9345
Image: Windows Report
Dell Inspiron 14 7441 Plus

Dell Inspiron 14 7441 Plus
Dell Inspiron 14 7441 Plus
Image: Windows Report

There’s also a leaked new Inspiron 14 7441 Plus that’s reportedly equipped with a 16-core Snapdragon X Elite and has 16GB of base RAM. Inspirons are considered Dell’s everyman PC that isn’t as sleek as the XPS lineup, although this one looks like it has thinned, and seems to come with two USB-C ports, one USB-A, and a microSD card slot.

Dell had revealed a new XPS lineup in January which introduced keyboards that bear Microsoft’s new Copilot key on the bottom row — and it looks like these leaked ones have them, too. Dell, HP, and Lenovo have all partnered with Microsoft to release notebooks supporting Windows 11 AI features. And these leaked Dell laptops apparently have Microsoft’s upcoming “AI Explorer” features out of the box.

They’re among the first Snapdragon X laptops we’ve seen leak out — the other is this Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 that leaker WalkingCat unearthed,

A Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge is expected as well, and Asus seems to have a Qualcomm laptop coming too.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series are due to appear in laptops this summer, and it’s the chipmaker’s big bet to challenge Apple Silicon, Intel, and AMD on performance.

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